Historical Events In March - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1943 Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands on March - 11.
1944 On March - 11 dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
1944 Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
1945 On March - 11 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
1945 On March - 11 flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death
1947 Ottawa-born Barbara Ann Scott gets a ticker-tape parade down Bay Street after winning the World Figure Skating Championship; a year later she wins Olympic Gold on March - 11.
1947 On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45
1948 On March - 11 jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed
1948 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) on March - 11.
1949 On this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76
1950 On this day in history florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78
1951 On this day in history philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66
1953 On this day in history an American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches
1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) on this day in history.
1954 On March - 11 uS Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
1955 On this day in history alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73
1956 On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1956 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.
1957 On this day in history richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68
1958 On March - 11 charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
1959 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on this day in history.
1959 The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.
1959 On this day in history "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
1959 Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on this day in history.
1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on March - 11.
1962 On March - 11 will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79
1963 On March - 11 somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
1963 On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies
1965 On March - 11 indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
1965 Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on this day in history.
1965 On March - 11 james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered
1966 On this day in history military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out
1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) on March - 11.
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